Amphixystis

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Amphixystis
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Amphixystis species
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Hieroxestinae
Genus: Amphixystis
Meyrick, 1901
Type species

Meyrick, 1901[1]
Synonyms
  • Coeliometopa Turner, 1923[2]
  • Machimostola Meyrick, 1928
  • Orthochthella T. B. Fletcher, 1940
  • Problastodes Meyrick, 1928
  • Sporadarthra Meyrick, 1911
  • Syncrobyla Meyrick, 1915
  • Ulocorys Meyrick, 1915

Amphixystis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The family was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901.[3]

Hostplant records are only known for 2 species of this genus: Amphixystis anchiala had been recorded feeding on Euphorbia resinifera, Citrullus colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae), Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea rotundata (Dioscoreaceae)[4] and (Meyrick, 1910) that feeds on Pandanus montanus (Pandanaceae).[5]

Species[]

Some species of this genus are:

  • (Meyrick, 1930) (from Mauritius)
  • Amphixystis anachoreta (Meyrick, 1921) (from Zimbabwe)
  • Amphixystis anchiala (Meyrick, 1909) (from South Africa and Madagascar)
  • (Meyrick, 1915) (from Australia)
  • (Viette, 1955) (from Madagascar)
  • (Viette, 1957) (from Réunion and Madagascar)
  • Amphixystis artiphanes (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
  • (Legrand, 1966) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1924) (from Mauritius)
  • (Meyrick, 1924) (from Mauritius)
  • Amphixystis cincinnata (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
  • (Meyrick, 1914) (from Malawi)
  • Amphixystis commatias (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
  • Amphixystis copidora (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1930) (from Mauritius)
  • (Meyrick, 1930) (from Mauritius)
  • Amphixystis cymataula (Meyrick, 1926) (from Zimbabwe)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1914) (from Malawi)
  • Amphixystis fragosa (Meyrick, 1910) (from Mauritius)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • Bippus, 2020
  • (Meyrick, 1915) (India)
  • Meyrick, 1901 (from New Zealand)
  • (Viette, 1955) (from Madagascar)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • Amphixystis heteroclina (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
  • (Meyrick, 1930) (from Mauritius)
  • (Turner, 1923) (from Australia)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Turati, 1927) (Libya, Oman, Yemen)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • Amphixystis ligyropa (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
  • (Viette, 1957) (from Réunion)
  • Gaedike, 2009 (from Maroccos)
  • (Legrand, 1966) (from the Seychelles)
  • Gaedicke, 2014 (from Yemen)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1916) (India)
  • (Viette, 1957) (from Réunion)
  • Bippus, 2020
  • (Legrand, 1966) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1915) (India)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1915) (India)
  • (Legrand, 1966) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1924) (from Mauritius)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1914) (from Mauritius & Malawi)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • (Meyrick, 1910) (from Mauritius)
  • (Meyrick, 1930) (from Mauritius)
  • (Meyrick, 1910) (from Réunion, Mauritius & South Africa)
  • Amphixystis tachygrapha (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka)
  • (Meyrick, 1911) (from the Seychelles)
  • Gaedicke, 2014 (from Yemen)
  • (Meyrick, 1915) (India)
  • (Meyrick, 1910) (from Mauritius)

References[]

  1. ^ Meyrick, 1901.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Amphixystis Meyrick, 1901". Afromoths. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  4. ^ HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
  5. ^ Bippus, 2016. New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Eperminiidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae) Beitr. Ent. 66 (2) : 347-370


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